Exemptions from the wastewater treatment requirements for coastal areas and groundwater areas

The environmental authority can grant a permit to deviate from the sewage wastewater requirements and a permit can be granted for a maximum of five years at a time. The possibility to apply for an exemption applies to properties that are located 100 metres from a watercourse or from the sea or in a groundwater area that is used or suitable for a water supply. The property’s current sewer system must also be built or have a building permit granted before 2004.
Exemptions from the wastewater treatment requirements are obtained automatically for: 

  • Property owners who were born before 9 March1943. (Does not apply to holiday homes)
  • Properties where only insignificant amounts of wastewater are generated. If carried water and a dry toilet are used on the property, the amounts of wastewater are counted as insignificant.

With an application, the following may be granted an exemption from the wastewater treatment requirements: 

  • Property owners who incur unreasonable costs for repairing the sewer system. The unreasonableness can be due, for example, to the high age of the property owners or difficult life circumstances.
  • Properties where only small amounts of wastewater occur.
  • Properties that will soon have municipal sewers.

The environmental authority may grant an exemption for a maximum of five years at a time. 

Forms 

Application for a wastewater treatment exemption (in Swedish)Ladda ner
Appendix 2 Description of the wastewater system (in Swedish)Ladda ner
Appendix 3A Small amounts of wastewater (in Swedish)Ladda ner
Appendix 3B Connection to the sewer network (in Swedish)Ladda ner
Appendix 3C Old age of the property owner and other life circumstances (in Swedish)Ladda ner
Appendix 3D Prolonged unemployment or illness of the property owner or any other comparable social obstacle to payment (in Swedish)Ladda ner